August 24, 2007

Back to School, Blessings and Backpacks

Beloved’s fifth annual Blessing of the Backpacks will be held this Sunday morning, August 26^th.  Bring your selves, your backpacks or planners (and supplies to help a CMS student) to ask God for some divine intervention for the upcoming school or work year.  Invite your friends and neighbors!

 

At the end of school in May, there were 2,194 identified homeless children enrolled in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.  Working through A Child’s Place each year during the Blessing of the Backpacks Sunday, Church of the Beloved collects school supplies on Backpack Sunday for these boys and girls that are, like us, created in God’s image. 

Supplies Needed include: Combination locks for lockers, Notebook paper, Glue sticks, Protractors, Pencils and pens, Liquid soap, Erasers, Rulers, Dictionaries, Hand sanitizer, Graph paper, Scissors, Mead composition books, Book bags (all grades), Folders, Crayons, Binders (1 inch), Pencil boxes, Facial tissues & Markers.  (Target, Office Depot and Office Max are having incredible sales on school supplies through Saturday!)  Please be generous!

 

 

Christian Formation Registration on September 9

Look to next week’s eNews for specific information about the many and exciting new and continuing Christian Formation opportunities for Adults and Children during the upcoming school year.  Registration for all will be held after worship on Sunday, September 9.  If you are 15-18 years of age, take note of the exciting new formation, fellowship and pilgrimage opportunity being launched this year to assist you in your transition out of your home into the world of being an adult Christian.  Most Sunday and Weekday Christian formation opportunities for all ages will begin the week of September 16. 

 

FaithQuest for children ages 3-15 is accepting applications for this school year.  This faith formation experience occurs weekly in 1 ½ hour sessions at Beloved Garden.  Fall term begins the week of September 9 (Sunday afternoon session for those 9-15 will begin on September 16 due to Carol Myers' funeral – see below).  For more information, go to Beloved Garden for days, times and fee schedule or call Miss Clifford at Beloved Garden (704-752-8989).

 

 

Around Beloved…Carol Myers, faithful sister in Christ Jesus and Beloved Advisory Team Member since 2000, died of lung cancer on Wednesday night.  Her funeral will be held at Holy Comforter Episcopal Church (on Park Road in the Dilworth community) on Sunday, September 9 at 2pm.  Please pray for her brothers and all of us who grieve her loss and may our Lord Jesus grant her eternal rest.  May her soul, and the souls of all the departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.

 

Beloved is in need of baptized adults (16+) who would like to assist during communion by administering the Chalice.  Need more information?  Want to sign up?  Click here.

 

 

Want to serve at God’s altar carrying the cross, torch or Gospel Book?  Sign up to be an acolyte in 2007-08 by clicking here, speaking with Miss Susan at church, or signing up during Beehive registration on Sunday, September 9.  New teams and a schedule will be posted to begin on Sunday, September 16.

 

 

Beloved Kudos go to the Angel Army Design Team (Betsy Fox, Fred Mellon, Anna Moore and Martha Stone) who have worked so hard this summer to reconfigure the Angel Army (worship setup/teardown) Teams so that they will work more effortlessly this year.  Be on the lookout for more information from these wonderful folks in advance of this Sunday's resumption of worship setup and teardown.

 

 

August 19…Attendance: 89; Worship Offering: $3,337.  Income needed for ministry each week: $5,500 (fully funded) à $4,400 (requiring other funding sources i.e. fundraising events).  The financial goal of Church of the Beloved is to reach self-sufficiency (i.e. pay all expenses without income from outside sources) by 12/31/2008.

 

 

Scripture Readings for August 26…Jeremiah 1:4-10 & Luke 13:10-17

 

 

Serving at God’s Altar on August 26…Complete setup/complete teardown: New Angel Army Team #3; Acolytes: Volunteer team: Garreth and Victoria Floyd and Joseph and Elizabeth Nichols; Offering Basket Passer & Presenters: Volunteers; Altar Bread Baker: Janis Conlon; Lay Eucharistic Ministers: Wes Nichols & Betsy Fox; PowerPoint: Forrest Boylston; Reader: Janis Conlon; Offering Counters: Liz Wilson (Head Counter) & Bud Moore (Assistant)

 

 

 

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